Thank you Jimmy Bonner, The Richards Group and Ram Trucks for the opportunity to work on such a fantastic campaign. And, of course, thank you to our crew for helping making it all happen. Dust storms and all.
To see more of Andy Anderson’s work, including other work he has created for Ram, please link to his site.
It is always nice to be recognized for your hard work. Thank you Archive Magazine for featuring the 2nd set of ads Andy Anderson photographed for Ram Trucks and The Richards Group. I am sure Jimmy Bonner, Kellyn McGarity and Peg Diaz are proud too!
Jim Smithson has been fortunate enough to work with Arnold Worldwide and Amtrak on some wonderful projects. As you can see from his post, shooting for Amtrak is so much more than taking beautiful photographs. Here is what Jim had to say about it.
“Nature can prove to be a formidable foe, especially when you’re taking a picture. But how about before you take a picture?” Check out what had to happen before we even took out our cameras…..
Because we had no idea when the snow would fly, this meant having to train 2 teams of crew in the event a crew member got booked on another gig. Once trained, everyone was on standby ready to fly at a moments notice, and I became a Weather Channel Junkie.
We were then approaching mid-February and still no love from the Gods. What did I have to do? Go to the crossroads and make a deal with the devil?
In his search for something new, different, inspirational or just silly, Hunter Freeman met a woman who owned a Isetta. He spent the day photographing and shooting video of her and her car. He was all smiles when he told us about what he learned.
“BMW actually made the first smart car, the Isetta. Ok, it’s perhaps not the first small car made for city driving, but it is certainly the coolest one. I mean, what other car like this has so much personality? You get in from the front?? What were those clowns at BMW thinking? Well, they were thinking genius thoughts, I’d say. Genius!! What a completely fun car to drive, and be seen driving in, right? Yep, it kinda is a clown car. Even back in the day, I’m sure they were turning heads. Today, this wonderful machine, a completely restored, mint condition 1956 BMW Isetta continues to make people smile: it spreads joy wherever it goes. Now, that’s a smart idea for car design.”
To see the car in action, link to Hunter’s blog. To learn more about how Hunter views the world, link to his website or email us to see his portfolio.
Old Indian Motorcycle part
Kevin Twomey has been playing around lately with the treasures he has been finding in his landlords basement. Apparently, his landlord has a passion for old Indian Motorcycles. For those of you who don’t know, Indian Motorcycles were America’s first motorcycles.
Let’s just hope that is all he finds down there.
Jim Smithson recently shared with us a short video he shot while he was tech scouting for a new Amtrak project. It is no wonder that our relatives don’t understand what we do for a living.
Oddly this is displaying upside down. Trying to figure out why – any ideas, please let me know.
In his own words, Jim Smithson describes his technique for getting his model to cooperate, “For this test, shot on a real hot spring day, I employed (and by employ, i mean bribe with a trip to the local ice cream shop) my daughter Shelby to ham it up for the camera. She ended up falling off the tail gate and gashing her knee real bad but bounced back and hit the mark with her usual aplomb.”
Jimmy Bonner at The Richards Group hired Andy Anderson and partnered with him to shoot their new Ram campaign. Shooting close to 15 shots took them over two weeks. They found the rugged terrain they needed in Utah, Nevada and California. Our fingers are crossed that they can continue the campaign as the work has been getting such great attention.